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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.81,0:00:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether she’s describing \Nbickering families,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.59,0:00:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quiet declarations of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.36,0:00:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or juicy gossip,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.99,0:00:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane Austen’s writing often feels as \Nthough it was written just for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.81,0:00:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her dry wit and cheeky playfulness \Ninforms her heroines,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.44,0:00:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose conversational tone welcomes readers\Nwith a conspiratorial wink.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.52,0:00:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s even been said that some readers \Nfeel like the author’s secret confidante,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.94,0:00:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trading letters with their delightfully \Nwicked friend Jane.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.38,0:00:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this unique brand of \Ntongue-in-cheek humor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.80,0:00:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just one of the many feats found \Nin her sly satires
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.36,0:00:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of society, civility, \Nand sweeping romance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.64,0:00:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Written in the early nineteenth century,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.85,0:00:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Austen's novels decode \Nthe sheltered lives
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.28,0:00:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the upper classes in rural England.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.08,0:00:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From resentment couched in pleasantries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.73,0:00:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to arguing that masks attraction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.20,0:01:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her work explores the bewildering \Ncollision of emotions and etiquette.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.91,0:01:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while romance is a common \Nthread in her work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.46,0:01:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Austen dismissed the sentimental style \Nof writing so popular at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.84,0:01:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of lofty love stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.95,0:01:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her characters act naturally, \Nand often awkwardly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.04,0:01:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They trade pragmatic advice, \Nfriendly jokes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.51,0:01:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not-so-friendly barbs \Nabout their arrogant peers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.63,0:01:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they grapple with the endless rules \Nof their society,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.80,0:01:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Austen’s characters can usually find humor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.06,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all the hypocrisy, propriety, \Nand small talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.86,0:01:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Mr. Bennet jokes \Nto his favorite daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.94,0:01:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“For what do we live, \Nbut to make sport for our neighbors
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.68,0:01:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and laugh at them in our turn?”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.28,0:01:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And though her heroines might ridicule \Nsenseless social mores,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Austen fully understood the practical \Nimportance of maintaining appearances.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.48,0:01:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time she was writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.89,0:01:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wealthy marriage was a financial \Nnecessity for most young women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.53,0:01:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she often explores the tension between\Nthe mythical quest for love,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.49,0:02:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the economic benefits \Nof making a match.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.08,0:02:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The savvy socialite Mary Crawford sums \Nthis up in "Mansfield Park;"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.08,0:02:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I would have everybody marry \Nif they can do it properly:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.89,0:02:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not like to have people \Nthrow themselves away.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.50,0:02:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unsurprisingly, these themes were also \Npresent in Austen’s personal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.66,0:02:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in 1775,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.83,0:02:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she lived in the social circles \Nfound in her novels.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.18,0:02:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane's parents supported her education,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.46,0:02:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provided space for her to write \Nand publish her work anonymously.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.28,0:02:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But writing was hardly lucrative work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.30,0:02:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although she had sparks of chemistry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.54,0:02:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she never married.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.05,0:02:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elements of her circumstances can be found\Nin many of her characters;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.91,0:02:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often intelligent women with witty, \Npragmatic personalities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.22,0:02:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rich inner lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.53,0:02:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These headstrong heroines provide \Nan entertaining anchor
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their tumultuous romantic narratives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.45,0:02:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the irreverent Elizabeth Bennet \Nof "Pride and Prejudice,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.26,0:03:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose devotion to her sisters’ love lives \Nblinds her to a clumsy suitor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.40,0:03:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the iron-willed Anne Elliot \Nof "Persuasion,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.49,0:03:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who chooses to remain unmarried \Nafter the disappearance of her first love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.35,0:03:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Elinor Dashwood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.66,0:03:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fiercely protects her family \Nat the cost of her own desires
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.09,0:03:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in "Sense and Sensibility."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.72,0:03:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women all encounter \Ndifficult choices
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.92,0:03:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about romantic, filial, and \Nfinancial stability,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.45,0:03:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they resolve them without \Nsacrificing their values–
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.41,0:03:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or their sense of humor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.60,0:03:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, these characters \Nare far from perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.40,0:03:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They often think they have \Nall the answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.80,0:03:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by telling the story \Nfrom their perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.10,0:03:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Austen tricks the viewer into believing \Ntheir heroine knows best–
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.54,0:03:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to pull the rug out from under \Nthe protagonist and the reader.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.08,0:03:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In "Emma," the titular character feels \Nsurrounded by dull neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.78,0:03:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and friends who can’t hope \Nto match her wit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.14,0:03:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As her guests prattle on and \Non about nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.69,0:03:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reader begins to agree–
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.37,0:04:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emma is the only exciting character \Nin this quiet neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.56,0:04:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet despite her swelling ego,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.95,0:04:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emma may not be as in control \Nas she thinks – in life or love.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.69,0:04:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Austen’s intimate use of perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.75,0:04:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes these revelations doubly surprising,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.53,0:04:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blindsiding both Emma and her audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.43,0:04:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But rather than diminishing \Nher host of heroines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.36,0:04:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these flaws only confirm “the \Ninconsistency of all human characters.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.59,0:04:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their complexity has kept Austen \Nprominent on stage and screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.59,0:04:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made her work easily adaptable \Nfor modern sensibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.45,0:04:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hopefully,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.47,0:04:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new readers will continue \Nto find a friend in Ms. Austen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.45,0:04:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for many years to come.